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Tag: small business

Before beer can be sold outside the state it’s made in, the label must be approved by the federal government. But approvals aren’t being given because evidently the government’s “Beer Label Approver” must be furloughed due to the government shutdown.

We lived in the heart of fed country (Northern Virginia) during the darkest and most difficult part of The Great Recession. There was no sympathy for small business owners struggling to get by during those years up there. There was...

Pay up or I’ll take you to court and shame you. Nice business strategy. The guy DID end up in court. But things didn’t go his way. (From KOAA) Terrell Frederick used the Americans with Disabilities Act to make money...

ACC is a completely non-partisan organization. We do not support/endorse or oppose any candidate for office. We believe that both major parties are heavily influenced by special interests and will report on crony capitalism wherever and whenever we see it.

The game in the United States is absolutely rigged toward big business. We have a crony economic system which benefits the connected and the established at the expense of new ideas and growth. If you’re in the club, we’ve got...

That’s nice. It sure is good to know that the crony deal of the century (so far) Obamacare, is working out for the giant insurance companies. I was worried for them. I’m joking of course since the giant health insurance...

It’s hard to start a business. It takes skill, capital, tolerance of risk, and just good old hard work. Layer the red tape on top of all the things a business owner must contend with in the marketplace these days...

Small business is only the heart and soul of this country. No big deal. It’s not like it’s hard to make a small business work even without entangling government red tape and expensive mandates from DC made by bureaucrats who...